Ronal and Tonowari lead the Metkayina clan in Avatar: The Way of Water (Image credit: © 2022 20th Century Studios. Cue the bioluminescent whales! Fathers and sons They settle on a crop of Caribbean-esque islands that are home to the Metkayina, or reef people, and are permitted to take shelter among their aquatic hosts on the condition that they learn – you guessed it – the way of water. Long story short: the Sully clan are forced to seek safety in the faraway regions of Pandora. Earth has (surprise!) been ravaged by centuries of neglect, so mining is out and colonization is in – and certain members of the human race also happen to have a real grudge against marine-turned-Na’vi-native Jake Sully.

Without wishing to stray too far into spoiler territory, the ‘sky people’ return to Pandora with a mission to make its biosphere hospitable for humans. The film’s dramatic location change comes by way of a familiar threat. Cameron bets on our immediate familiarity with the Naʼvi, the Omaticaya, Pandora, and its wildlife by throwing us straight back into the jungle with only a few brief moments of memory-jogging, and it doesn’t take long before The Way of Water has us strapped in and ready to fly alongside the mountain banshees for a new adventure. It’s impressive how light-touch this exposition feels considering the gap between visits to Pandora.

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